Faculty & Research

A Harvard professor co-created innovative technology that gives some smartphone users alerts about dangerous seismic activity.

Two social scientists at Harvard Kennedy School are advancing the proposition that sports fandom, a powerful social phenomenon and force, may have a role to play in improving lives and strengthening societies.

New grants from the Star Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research will support seven cutting-edge research projects led by faculty across Harvard.

Jeffrey Long PhD ’95 will serve as Thomas C. Foley Professor of Energy and the Environment and director of the Harvard Materials Initiative.

Technology born out of Harvard labs shows the power of collaboration and how the path to development seldom follows a straight line.

Harvard Kennedy School professor Tarek Masoud received the 2026 Courage Award from the Heterodox Academy—a nonprofit dedicated to advancing viewpoint diversity on college campuses—for fostering “polite but rigorous inquiry” into the polarizing conflicts in the Middle East.

Harvard chemical biologist Greg Verdine, a force behind a promising experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer, learned the value of improvisational thinking from a devastating family accident.

Professor of organismic and evolutionary biology Mandë Holford uncovers the secrets of venomous sea snails and cephalopods, their toxins, and how those compounds might be turned into medicines for human diseases.

From climate solutions to medical breakthroughs, 20 Harvard faculty projects have been awarded grants from a new University fund dedicated to translating research into tangible benefits for society.

Three prominent Harvard faculty—stem cell scientist Doug Melton, theoretical computer physicist Boaz Barak, and applied mathematics scholar Michael Brenner—have been appointed Catalyst Professors, a distinguished role that allows leading faculty to pursue industry and academic work concurrently.